Lamar basketball schedules to be released today

Lamar University men and women’s basketball coaches Steve Roccaforte and Larry Tidwell will unveil their 2010-11 schedules at 3 p.m. today.

Each has already revealed some rather intriguing matchups this season, with the men set to play at Texas and the women to play at Tennessee.

Furthermore, the women will participate in the preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament, which includes several teams that qualified for post-season play last season. Lamar was among those postseason qualifiers, reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1991.

As for the men, Roccaforte said in June that his team will not play more than two consecutive road games this season. Last season, the Cardinals lost each of the six non-conference road games they played in a seven-game stretch. The Cardinals are also expected to have only 13 home games this season, compared to the 18 it played at home last season.